TEC ART Future Flash 200http://v2.nl/events/tec-art-future-flash-200
TEC ART - FUTURE FLASH 200: ART, MUSIC & CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY. Expo, symposia, talks, tec-music, parties, pop-ups + more. This year the TEC ART festival will take place at V2_, Worm and the public space around Witte de Withstraat/Boomgaardstraat.FUTUREFLASH 200: From Frankenstein to Hyperbrain

WORM + V2_ + Witte de Withkwartier Public Space

‘FUTURE FLASH 200: From Frankenstein to Hyperbrain’ is the theme of the 5th edition of TEC ART. From Feb 7-11, during Art Rotterdam Week, TEC ART looks into the future during 4 long days and nights. With exhibitions, symposiums, talks, tec-music, experiments and parties at the cutting edge of art and technology. The festival takes place at 3 locations: WORM, V2_, and the public space around the Boomgaardsstraat (sidestreet Witte de Withstraat).

During TEC ART, WORM and V2_ are connected by a corridor, offering an interactive antropocene playground. All spaces are filled with installations, robotics, Artificial Intelligence and virtual realities. With works by Floris Kaayk, Frederik de Wilde, Maartje Dijkstra, Angelo Vermeulen, Daniela de Paulis, Joris Strijbos, Daan Johan and others.

Furthermore, there are showcases of 25 talented ‘born digitals', artists who graduated in 2017 in the field of creative technology at Dutch art academies.

Exhibitions Witte de With-kwartier

During TEC ART 2017 a 7m replica of the moon was presented in the Boomgaardsstraat. For the 2018 edition the street will be transformed into a free, futuristic twilight zone. Artist Saygin Soher uses the technology of video-mapping to produce 3D effects on a 200 m2 street wall. Visitors will also enter a 100m long audiovisual doppler effect by Light-artist Michel Suk, well known for his spectacular installations at GLOW Eindhoven.

Symposium with René ten Bos (NL) ‘Denker des vaderlands’

Professor in philosophy René ten Bos will be the keynote speaker of the symposium of TEC ART 2018. The theme ‘FUTURE FLASH 200’ is a reference to a historical date, the year 1818. It was the year Mary Shelley wrote her novel ‘Frankenstein’, about the iconic birth of the infamous cyborg, the prototype of human enhancement. But with ‘FUTURE FLASH 200’, TEC ART especially aims to explore the future. Together with René ten Bos we reflect on the impact of dataism, techno-humanism, wonder if organisms are just algorithms and if life is just a matter of data? And what is more valuable: intelligence or consciousness?

Kunstblock, Tech-party and SPACE BRAINS

TEC ART presents an extensive side-program. In collaboration with Kunstblock – consisting of TENT, Witte de With, Showroom MAMA and CBK Rotterdam – a joint evening is organized. Thursday night there will be a blasting ‘Machine-Music-Techno-Night’. And saturday February 10, space artist Daniela de Paulis and her engineers are present during the afternoon with COGITO. Visitors can have their brains scanned and send the result live into space through the Dwingeloo based radio-telescope!

]]>No publisherSteffan HoflandThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2018exhibitioninstallations2018-01-08T11:20:00ZEventLANGUAGE - a Media Technology MSc exhibitionhttp://v2.nl/events/language-a-media-technology-msc-exhibition
V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media presents: LANGUAGE — a Media Technology MSc exhibition. Opening on 20 December 2017, 17:00h.Within Leiden University’s Media Technology MSc program students are encouraged to develop a playful and creative approach towards science. Students are educated to translate personal interests and inspiration into research projects. Media Technology MSc is open to unusual questions, unconventional research methods and alternative forms of scientific output besides written articles. This includes installations, games and books as a possible result from academic research. The semester project is a good example of the approach of Media Technology MSc: students are asked to translate their statement into a work that functions within an exhibition context.

Exhibition

‘LANGUAGE’ was chosen as global theme for this year’s semester project. From this global theme multiple subthemes were derived:

The students work in groups of typically three, each with their own sub-theme.

The semester project has three phases. First, students are asked to explore their theme in the broadest sense (social, mathematical, biological, etc.) and discover what it could possibly relate to. After gaining sufficient insight they formulate compelling statements related to the theme. Only once this stage is completed they translate their statements into installations. Together these installations form the semester project exhibition.

Public Presentations

On Friday December 22nd we host two public lectures connected to the program. Details will be announced later.

Program

Opening ceremony:Wednesday December 20, 17:00h.

Public opening hours:December 21–23, 12:00–18:00h. Admission is free of cost.

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2017exhibitionlanguagemedia technology2017-12-04T11:50:00ZEventTest_Lab: Summer Sessions 2017http://v2.nl/events/test_lab-summer-sessions-2017
Test_Lab: Summer Sessions 2017 presents the outcomes of this year's Summer Sessions residencies. The projects will be demonstrated live and the audience will be invited to ‘test’ the artworks hands-on.Every year, V2_ invites a group of up-and-coming artists to spend their summer at V2_Lab for an intense short-term residency. During these so-called Summer Sessions, the selected artists are given the opportunity to develop an artwork in close collaboration with V2_'s expert developers, curators and project managers

The results will be presented during Test_Lab: Summer Sessions 2017. In the Test_Lab tradition, the projects will be demonstrated live and the audience will be invited to ‘test’ the artworks hands-on.

FEATURING:

Claudia Oliveira (Portugal)

DIASPORA, Constanza Casamadrid & Juan León (Argentina)

Magnus Bugge (Norway)

May Heek (Netherlands)

PLATEAURESIDUE, Aljaž Celarc & Eva Pavlic Seifert (Slovenia)

Tin Dožić (Croatia)

Yeoul Son (Korea)

Yuping Hsu (Taiwan)

TIME AND ENTRANCEThis event starts at 20:00h (walk in from 19:30h). The entrance fee is €3,- (this includes one free drink)

TEST_LABTest_Lab is a public events series organized by V2_ that provides an informal setting for the presentation, demonstration, testing and discussion of artistic research and development.

]]>No publisherSteffan HoflandThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.exhibitionpresentationsummer sessionstest_lab2017-01-17T14:50:00ZEventDigital Dayshttp://v2.nl/events/digital-dayts
The Digital Days are a collaboration between the Kunsthal, V2_, SETUP and STRP.From Wednesday 1 to Sunday 5 March V2_ is part of the Digital Days, which focus on the increasingly dependent relationship between man and technology. The programme in cooperation with the Kunsthal, SETUP and STRP includes talks, workshops, films, games and interactive installations, all of which will be of interest to both a general and a specialised public.

During the Digital Days V2_ will present the work Jardins d'Été by Quayola. For the program at the Kunsthal visit the following page.

Jardins d'ÉtéJardinsd'Été by Quayolapayshomage to thetradition of frenchimpressionism and thelateworks of ClaudeMonet.Theseconditeration of this series of artworksinvestigatestheways in which nature is observed, studied and synthesized, becoming a point of departuretowardsabstraction.Quayola recreated similar conditions to the classical impressionist landscape paintings, however he engaged with an extensive technological apparatus to capture the sensitive nuances of reality beyond our senses. Here natural landscapes are observed and analysed through the eye of the machine, and re-purposed through new modes of visual synthesis.

QuayolaQuayola is a visual artist based in London. He investigates dialogues and the unpredictable collisions,tensions and equilibriums between the real and artificial, the figurative and abstract, the old and new. His work explores photography, geometry, time-based digital sculptures and immersive audiovisual installations and performances.

Entrance is 3 EUR during office hours and is free during the Kunstavond. With a Kunsthal entrance ticket you get 1 EUR discount.

]]>No publisherSteffan HoflandThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.digital artexhibitionsoftware art2017-01-17T11:45:00ZEventIntersections (Art Rotterdam)http://v2.nl/events/v2_-at-intersections-art-rotterdam
Intersections is held in the Van Nelle Fabriek and is part of Art Rotterdam. V2_ will show installations by Teun Vonk and Max Dovey.
During Intersections non-profit spaces and artist initiatives show work in the former working spaces of the Van Nelle Fabriek, straight across the entrance from Art Rotterdam. Intersections is organised for the third time and is curated by Suzanne Wallinga, curator and director of A Tale of a Tub. This year 21 non-profit spaces and artist initiatives will present their video-, installation- and performance art .

]]>No publisherSteffan HoflandThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.exhibitionexpointersections2017-03-31T10:08:24ZEventExpo Minor Arts and Interaction - Frisbeehttp://v2.nl/events/expo-minor-arts-and-interaction
For the third consecutive time the students of the Minor Arts & Interaction of the AKV | St.Joost show their work at V2_ and Worm. The title of this years exhibition is 'Frisbee'.Students from Fine Arts, Photography & Film, Animation & Illustration, and Graphic Design & Spatial Design collaborate in the Minor Arts & Interaction of the AKV | St Joost in Breda. The exhibition is titled 'Frisbee'.

The more than 30 works in the exhibition bring various forms of interaction to our attention, both analogue and digital, from performance to VR. The Minor experiments with how art can be of significance for and have impact on the experience of others.

The exhibition opens on Friday night 13 January, and is open on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 January from 12:00h till 17:00h. The main entrance to the exhibition is at V2_.

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2017exhibitioninteractionstudent2016-12-01T11:25:00ZEventThe Gig is Up - Exhibitionhttp://v2.nl/events/the-gig-is-up
The Gig is Up is an exhibition about cloud workers and forms of distributed and outsourced labour: the so-called ‘gig economy’.The
Gig is Up - How New Technologies Are Reshaping The Future Of Work is
an exhibition about cloud workers and forms of distributed and outsourced
labour: the so-called ‘gig economy’. Online platforms – from Airbnb and Uber to
Fiverr – which facilitate flexible working, suggest that it is possible to live
more freely, more productively, and more profitably. Better even, they promise
that you can be more independent and live according to your own rules. But it’s
mostly a false promise. In the end, these platforms are profit-seeking
companies.

The
works in this exhibition don’t just show the absurdities and delights of
cloud-based labour, but also suggest ways to actualise the potential of the
cloud-producing technologies to different, unexpected ends.*

The Gig is Up is curated by Sarah Cook and V2_.

*this text has been compiled by a cloud worker based on materials provided by the curatorial team

EVENTS27 October: The Gig is Up: Cloud Labour Night 24 November: The Gig is Up: Openingdate tbc: The Gig is Up: Launch of the new Crowded.fm by Jeff Crouse15 December: The Gig is Up: Finissage with a performative lecture by Prayas Ahbinavs, and the launch of the next issue of post-writer.xyz, as well as the launch of List Berdugo and Emily Martinez' ePub.

]]>No publisherSteffan HoflandThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2016cloudcloud workingeconomyexhibitionlabouroutsourcing2016-10-18T12:00:00ZEventOpening: The Gig is Uphttp://v2.nl/events/opening-the-gig-is-up
On November 24 we celebrate the opening of our exhibition ‘The Gig is Up - How New Technologies Are Reshaping the Future of Work’. Everyone is welcome to join us in the celebration.The
Gig is Up - How New Technologies Are Reshaping the Future of Work is
an exhibition about cloud workers and forms of distributed and outsourced
labour: the so-called ‘gig economy’. Online platforms – from Airbnb and Uber to
Fiverr – which facilitate flexible working, suggest that it is possible to live
more freely, more productively, and more profitably. Better even, they promise
that you can be more independent and live according to your own rules. But it’s
mostly a false promise. In the end, these platforms are profit-seeking
companies.

The
works in this exhibition don’t just show the absurdities and delights of
cloud-based labour, but also suggest ways to actualize the potential of the
cloud-producing technologies to different, unexpected ends.*

The Gig is Up is on view until December 18 and is curated by Sarah Cook and V2_.

*this text has been compiled by a cloud worker based on materials provided by the curatorial team

]]>No publisherSteffan HoflandThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2016exhibitionopening2016-10-18T12:05:00ZEventSummer Sessions Pop-Up Exhibition at Ars Electronicahttp://v2.nl/events/summer-sessions-pop-up-exhibition-at-ars-electronica
A pop-up exhibition at Ars Electronic in Linz with works developed during Summer Sessions residencies.The Summer Sessions pop-up exhibition at Festival Ars Electronica 2016 shows a selection of outcomes realized through the international exchange of emerging talents within the ‘Summer Sessions’-network.

‘Summer Sessions’ are short-term residencies for young and emerging artists, organized by an international network of cultural organizations. Each summer, the partners that participate in this network for talent development collaborate to offer professional production support and expert feedback to artists in the realization of a new artwork or design. Local talents from each partner’s geographic region are scouted and selected for a residency abroad, where they are offered highly productive atmospheres and specific kinds of expertise at one of the international partners in the international network. While the pop-up exhibition illustrates the kind of results that this pressure cooker residency format results in, a live event will highlight the experiences that participants have had abroad, and the effects these experiences had on their early careers.

This program is made possible with the generous support of the Creative Industries Fund NL.

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The Summer Sessions pop-up exhibition at Festival Ars Electronica 2016 shows a selection of outcomes realized through the Summer Sessions residencies, an international exchange of emerging talents. While the pop-up exhibition illustrates the kind of results that this pressure cooker residency format results in, a live event will highlight the experiences that participants have had abroad, and the effects these experiences had on their early careers. By doing so, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, the initiating partner of the Summer Sessions network, intends to inform ambitious early-career artist about the opportunities that the international network for talent development offers and reaches out to other cultural organizations with an invitation to join the network. Furthermore, the pop-up exhibition introduces the Festival Ars Electronica audience to a selection of promising emerging Dutch artists that participated in the network. The event will be closed with an informal drink to continue the conversation on the opportunities for young artists and cultural organizations within the Summer Sessions network for talent development.

This event will also form a meeting point to discuss how to strategically further develop these international opportunities for emerging and young professionals amongst past and present partners of the network. The partners that participate in the 2016 edition of the Summer Sessions include Chronus Art Center (China), the National University of Tres de Febrero (Argentina), the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan), PNEK (Norway), iMAL (Belgium), Arquivo 237 (Portugal), Kitchen Budapest (Hungary), Metamedia Association (Croatia), Interactive Media Design Lab, NAIST (Japan) and V2_ Instituut for the Unstable Media (The Netherlands).

‘Summer Sessions’ are short-term residencies for young and emerging artists, organized by an international network of cultural organizations. Each summer, the partners that participate in this network for talent development collaborate to offer professional production support and expert feedback to artists in the realization of a new artwork or design. Local talents from each partner’s geographic region are scouted and selected for a residency abroad, where they are offered highly productive atmospheres and specific kinds of expertise at one of the international partners in the international network. This collaboration does not only result in the development of a large number of new projects in a relatively short period, but also provides the participating emerging artists with an international experience that helps them jumpstart their art and design practice.

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2016exhibitionsummer sessions2016-07-11T14:15:00ZEventArtificialhttp://v2.nl/events/artificial
ARTIFICIAL is an exhibition with work from the Media Technology MSc in Leiden.‘ARTIFICIAL’ is the global theme for this year’s semester project of the Media Technology MSc program in Leiden. From this global theme multiple sub- themes are derived: artificial architecture, artificial gravity, artificial nature, artificial reality, artificial self, artificial stability, artificial X and authenticity. The students of the program work in groups of mostly three, each with their own sub-theme.

First of all the students are asked to explore their theme in the broadest sense (social, mathematical, biological, etc) and discover what it could possibly relate to. After gaining sufficient insight they formulate compelling statements related to the theme. Only once this stage is completed they translate their statements into an installation. Together these installations form the semester project exhibition ‘Artificial’.

Media Technology MScAt the Media Technology MSc program students are encouraged to develop a creative approach towards science. Students are educated to translate their personal interests and inspiration into research projects. We’re open to unusual questions, unconventional research methods and other forms of scientific output besides written articles. This includes installations, games and books as a possible result from scientific research. The semester project is a good example of our approach: students are asked to translate their statement into a work that functions within an exhibition context.

Opening hoursFebruary 26–28, 12:00–18:00. Admission is free of cost.

Opening ceremonyThursday, February 25th at 17:00h.

Projects

SeparatedBrandi Rose, Jeroen van Oorschot, Pieter RohrbachArchitecture is everywhere and all around us. We are used to architecture that separates and restricts our interactions with others. This archi- tecture is in place to suit our personal needs; the roof provides shel- ter from the rain, the stairs help us get to the next floor, and the bath- room door provides privacy. What happens when the architectural properties that fulfill these needs disappear?

InterdimensIonal GravityXander Bos, Danyi Liu, Maarten LodewijkIn order to understand the universe’s fundamental forces such as gravity, we need to understand that gravity works within dimensions that are ungraspable to humans, and that tampering with gravity might have larger consequences than we might initially think. Actions on a microscopic scale can have a huge influence on a macroscopic scale.

The CrowbarMaarten van Hees, Marieke Paardekoper, Sophie RustLanguage gives us the ability to de- scribe the things we see around us. The spoken word allows us to grant existence to objects and concepts. But how much are these definitions worth? Language is fluid, it continuously changes. This means our definitions are constantly challenged, obfuscating existence of nature itself. Experience this feeling in The Crowbar, where nothing is what it seems.

Science Says...Manolis Fragiadakis, Nana Tian, Nesse van der MeerHow much do you really know of the world around you? How did you come to understand these things? Can you really be sure of what you know if someone else discovered and examined it for you? We invite you to our exhibition where we show you that sometimes, something need not be true just because science says so...

Clear Is the new blackJasper Schelling, Dagmar GeerlingsWhat happens when your previous experiences are not filling in the flavour of a drink? Let us not only improve what has been done, but re-imagine existing conceptions. This is coffee 2.0.

UniformDonna Schipper, Jelger Kroese, Lise StorkThe emotions we express affect our mental state and personal interactions. Uniform presents state-of-the-art wearable technology that allows you to control these aspects of your life. Correcting inconsistency in your expression helps you to convey a constant open and positive appearance. It facilitates stable and effective communication, and a positive mental state. Wear Uniform to experience the future of communication.

Double USander de Bont, Sam van Tienhoven, Thiago ElidHave you ever experienced seeing yourself from a distance? We think our mind is firmly rooted inside our body, but in reality this connection is weaker than you might think. Double U tries to break this connection and give you an experience you won’t easily forget. Are you ready to meet your artificial self?

The Game Is on!Cors Brinkman, Paulina Kozłowska, Gleb SatyukovSince the moment we are born, we can only lose our authenticness. Come and find out how much authenticity you have left. And... maybe win some back! Ready to continue? Win or lose, what does it mean in the fight against others?

Paling FunkFelipe Astolfi, Matei Szabo, Roland van DierendonckWhen do we call something “original”, if everything is a mix of different influences? Where do the origins of ideas lie, and who owns them? In the old town of Volendam, you are confronted with such questions. Join us on our search for the real story behind the underground music scene of Paling Funk.

Side ProgramTo be announced.

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2016LeidenMscexhibition2016-01-26T15:15:00ZEventData in the 21st Centuryhttp://v2.nl/events/data-in-the-21st-century
The exhibition Data in the 21st Century explores the friction between the unpredictable reality that we live in and the desire to capture it in data.Data in the 21st CenturyThe capitalist belief that profit-seeking is the best way to manage and develop societies has sparked an unprecedented desire to abstract and quantify everything into data. In the pursuit of economic efficiency, data is money, data is power, data is everything and everything is data. Yet data is contingent on a world that is messy, irrational, unstable, and emotional. The rise of so-called big data and the emergence of technologies that are able to quantify our every move, preference and behaviour, have demonstrated where the friction lies between the unpredictable reality that we live in and the desire to capture it in data. The public program Data in the 21st Century will explore how this friction has changed and shaped our relationship to data and seeks to discuss how this relationship will develop in the future.

Upcoming events (click for more information)

Click the events for more information and opening times, click here for tickets.

Booksale

During Data in the 21st Century a selection of books from V2_ Publishing will be on sale against reduced prices. The reduced prices are only available for visitors of the exhibition and do not apply to our webshop.

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.20152016big datacapitalismdataeconomicsexhibitionserver farm2015-09-28T14:30:00ZEventLayershttp://v2.nl/events/minor-art-and-interaction-expo
A weekend-long exhibition of works made by students of the Minor Art & Interaction of the Arts Academy St. Joost.Dutch introduction LAYERS

Opening times

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.art and interactionexhibitionminorst joost2015-11-12T13:30:00ZEventSummer Sessions 2015 Exhibition Saturdayhttp://v2.nl/events/summer-sessions-2015-exhibition-saturday
Exhibition of new work developed during the Summer Sessions residencies at V2_.

Every year, V2_ invites a small group of up-and-coming artists to spend their summer at V2_Lab for an intense short-term residency. During these so-called Summer Sessions, the selected artists are given the opportunity to develop an artwork in close collaboration with V2_'s expert developers, curators and project managers. The results are showcased in the exhibition Summer Sessions 2015.

Prior to the exhibition the artists will demonstrate their work and reflect on their residencies during the free public event Test_Lab Summer Sessions 2015 on Thursday September 10th, from 20:00 till 23:00h.

The exhibition is part of the festival Kunst in het Witte de Withkwartier.

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.exhibitionsummer sessions2015-09-07T11:05:00ZEventSummer Sessions at Ars Electronica Festival 2015http://v2.nl/events/summer-sessions-pop-up-exhibition
A Summer Sessions pop-up exhibition at Ars Electronica 2015, with work developed during a Summer Session residency. Featuring Johannes Langkamp, Roel Roscam Abbing, Máté Pacsika and Carina Hesper.‘Summer Sessions’ are short-term residencies for young and emerging artists, organized by an international network of cultural organizations. The Summer Sessions pop-up exhibition at Festival Ars Electronica 2015 shows a selection of outcomes realized through this international exchange of emerging talents.

On 4 September from 16:00–18:00 the exhibiting artists Johannes Langkamp, Roel Roscam Abbing, Máté Pacsika and Carina Hesper will present their work in person. This event will also be a meeting point to discuss how to strategically further develop international opportunities for emerging and young professionals amongst past, present and future partners of the network.

]]>No publisherArie AltenaThis information is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.2015ars electronicaexhibitionpop-upsummer sessions2015-08-20T13:05:00ZEventDesign to Robotic Productionhttp://v2.nl/events/hyperbody
A programme by the D2RP studio from the Hyperbody Robotic Building of TU Delft at V2_, with a workshop, presentations and exhibition.The flexibility and programmability of robots potentially leads to new ways of design thinking and novel methods of making. To imagine and influence the future of the building industry it is crucial to establish immediate links between computational design, aesthetics, virtual interfaces and the highly customized modes of operation and production of architecture.

In this context, the Design to Robotic Production (D2RP) 2015 spring studio of Hyperbody at TU Delft explores and develops novel possibilities of implementation and integration of robotics in architectural design.

D2RP has designed and tested a series of purposeful, performative and informed design-to-production processes through workshops and hard work to eventually realize a one-to-one building prototype.

The work of D2RP will be presented and exhibited at V2_ on from 1 till 4 July. Free entrance!

Opening times and program2 July17:00–21:00 Exhibition open to the public with robot demonstration19:00–20:00Lectures by Henriette Bier and Sina Mostafavi.

3 July17:00–21:00 (Kunstavond)Exhibition open to the public with robot
demonstration17:00–18:00Presentation by the Hyperbody students18:00–19:00Kas Oosterhuis: Continuous Variation

4 July13:00–19:00Exhibition open to the public with presentations &
demonstration15:00–16:30Presentations by the Hyperbody students and the RB Team.